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My vote is the latter. I would highly suspect a weak fuel shutoff solenoid. I had the same symptoms last year and found real fine “grit”...

The next possibility is debris floating around in the fuel tank and blocking the fuel pickup tube. That or the fuel shutoff solenoid on...

At first I tried to disable the solenoid by removing the rubber tip from the plunger and unplugging the electrical connector to the...

I guess I could with the solenoid unscrewed turn the ignition key to run for many minutes to let the solenoid heat up and see if the...

Good point on the gas cap . I was able to easily blow through it. And fuel flows freely through the disconnected fuel line downstream of...

Solenoid part number is 596038. Resistance cold is about 42 ohms. Will try to get a reading when it is hot and when the mower has died

This is on an MTD Yard Machine Riding mower. Mdl 760. B&S Engine is 282H07-0334-E1 with a Nikki carburetor. It dies after the engine...

Try rotating the engine crankshaft backward by hand (by the screen above the flywheel) until it just gets to the compression. Then use...

Try this workaround. Turn the engine crankshaft backward till it turns hard because of compression, then use electric starter normally...